Adjustable garment



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ADJUSIMBL GARMENT rr t dttpplicotion filed May 3t,

T- ell whom t may concern teinnewond useful iimprovements in Adjnstebie (ierments, of which the iioliowing is e specizticetion, reference being hed therein to the eccompenying drerving.

This inventionreieteste means for ed justing the waist size of tronsers, pzints end other bihircztted germents.

dit is en object et he invention so to EMS range such erments tintt they naty he nd jnsted es to size reediiy in the whist portion hy the wmer without the necess1ty ot incurring the expense ot aitemtions involving the ripping of seztrns zin iiresiewing ot them hy ttttti enperienced gurment workers.

"i i hen considered in connection with the description herein, the characteristics of the inrention will be eppsrent from the accompenying drawing, torrning pert hereot, wherein en ernhodiment of the invention as applied to e pair ot tronsers is disch)sed tor purposes of illustration.

Like reterence-characters re:ter to correspondinp; parts in the views of the drawing,

ot which T*ig. 1 is a rear view;

Tig. 2 is e side view; end

iFig. 3 is adetail view.

As shown in the drawing, the trousers ere formed ot pieces ot cioth cut end ossernb1ed es is of common practice, with exceptions es hereinetter expieined, end they include e weist portion 3, end e rear piece ot cioth t end e front piece o:i:'- cioth 5 on each side stitched or otherwise ptarmenently secured together et side seamos or lines 6. The reer pieces 4- extend under end aire 0Verlepped by the front pieces 5. The germent has the nsne1 front fly 7 end the side pockets 8.

Tnsteed of the nene] formation ot the reer pieces 4:, however, the material ot those pieces extends forwsrdiy :trorn the lines ot the side seems es fleps or extensions 9, end the side seems of the leg portions of the ger1nent e::tend np'wzirdly end stop st the hottoms of the sIit-like openings ot the side pockets, where the rneterizd is secnred together egeinst ripping by ber stitchinp, 10.

The inner side ot each side pocket is provided With e reintorcihg strip 11 oi the seme materiei es the rear pieces t, which ex tends from e piece siightiy beiow the her stitching to the top of the pocket, where through the weist 19332. fiieirial No. 5Gd: ,908.

it: is secnred to the material ot the tront p1ece 5 by ber stitching 12 et the bottom: of the weistimndportion ot the gsgerment es is the nsnei practice. The strip 11 of each pocket, however, is stitched to the rear piece 4 only trono the bottom to e piece below the top ot the pocket opening, whereit is secnred egeinst ripping hy ber stitching 13. Above the piece ot the ber stitching 13, the strip li. extends theretrom tree from the -rear piece si: to the top et the pocket, es

shown et 1st, end the iront piece 5 above that her stitching is not stitched or other Wise permenentiy secnred tothe reer piece "W here the strip iii. is seen red to the iront piece 5 et the top of the pocket et ber stitching 1,2 it is set torwerdiyewey from the rear edge ot' thet meteriei end thereunder, :tor the purpose of iaciiiteting the edjnstment ot the size ozt' the ,germent in the weist portion end to avoid pucis:ering ot the meteriei. The 1nsettinp; ot the meteiie1 of the strip 11 et that piece is shown eieer1y by 1Fipq. 3.

By the errengernent ot material es de scrrhed, en open1z z, is novided that extends 7 hand portion of the o;er ment downwiirdiy to e piece below the top ot thepocket, '\'Vithont in eny wey interfer- 1ng with the poehct, this openinar being to perrnit adjust-ment of the weistbnhd poftion of. the o;errnent to ditt'erent sizes. The ineterizt1 ot the tront pieces 5, et the waisthsnd port-ion, which overiep the front portions ot the rear pieces i:, ere movidedwith a plnreiity ot. bnttons or other suitable tasteners 15, which tre spoced art ditt"erent distences from the rear ednes ot the pieces 5 end ere errenged to he estened detechehiv in cooperation with bnttonhoies te or other snitebie e,ttechinn; means sirnileriy speced at the weist-iine on the iieps (ir extensions 9. i

itt wii]. he seen that the weerer o:i 21 ,q;er ment iiorrned es heroinhetore described cen ztdjnst the sine in the w5rist portion without d i:ihcnit} hy shitting one or more ot the filoteningg 1nenns en the tront portions 5 oi the gerrnent ircrn the iesteninn; means on the tieps or extensions 9 with which they here heen in cooperation to other iestenixrggrneens on those fleps or extensions. r

T-.ihwingr thus described my invention, what T claim es new end desire to ser-ere iov ietters .Betent, is

'l. hitnrcsted germent ht3illg e waist portion end comprisinp; e reer cioth piece iii) on each side having a forwardly-extending fiap at the waist portion, a front cloth piece on each side overlapping one of said rear pieces, there being side pocket openings under the overlapping edges of said front pieces, said rear and front pieces being sewed together at the sides of the garment below the pocket op'enings upwardly to the bottoms of those openings, a reinforcing strip sewed to each rear piece from the bottom ot each pocket opening to a place beiow the top of said opening and extending from said place free of said rear piece and secnred to said front piece at the top of the pocket opening, there being en opening between the front and rear pieces extending through the waist portion of the garrnent downwardly to the place below the top of the pocket from which said reinf0rcing strip extends free, and a plurality of fastening means on said front pieces at the waist portion and on said flaps cooperable one with another.

2. A bifurcated garn1ent having a waist portion and comprising a rear cloth piece on each side having a forwardly-ext6nding flap at the waist portion, a front cloth piece on each side overlapping one of said rear pieces, there being side pocket openings under the overlnppingr edges of said front pieces, said rear and Front pieces being sewed together at the sides of the garment below the pocket openings upwardly to the bot to1ns of those openings, a reintorcing strip sewed to each rear piece from the bottom of each pocket opening to a place below the top of said opening and extending from said place free ei? said rear piece and secured to said front piece with its rear edge posi tioned or\\ardly of the rear edge of: said front piece and at the top of the pocket opening, there being en opening between the front and rear pieces extcnding through the waist portion of the garn1ent downwardty to the place below the top of the pocket opening from which said reini'oreing strip extends free, ind a plnrality of fastening: means on said front pieces at the waist portion and on said flaps cooperable one with another.

En testimony wln3reol l nilix my signature.

JOSEPH EICHHORN. 

